Housing Guide

Elite

Aluminum, Lightweight, Lubricated

Brake and Shift
Housing

An alternative to traditional compressionless housing, this system is made of nesting alloy pieces that protect the liner. Although this housing is typically more expensive, it has several advantages including increased flexibility, reduced weight and increased durability. Both shift and brake housings use identical Slick-Lube liners and interconnecting alloy pieces.

Brake and Shift

ALLOY
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interconnecting alloy links around Slick-Lube liners

Sealed, Lubricated

Brake and Shift
Housing

Jagwire sealed systems, available only in DIY kits, include liners that run continuously from the lever to the brake or derailleur. This protects the cable and housing from dirt, mud or anything else that can cause friction. But because the liner runs the full length of the cable, a specially developed cable coating and lube are used to keep friction to a minimum.

Pro

Linear Strand, Kevlar®-Reinforced, Lubricated

Brake
Housing

A performance upgrade to coiled steel, this compressionless housing starts with a similar construction to LEX shift housing that reduces weight by 30%. A woven Kevlar® layer is added to give the housing the strength and flexibility necessary for braking applications.

Brake

KEB-SL
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linear steel strands around a Slick-Lube liner wrapped in a Kevlar®

Linear Strand, Lubricated

Shift
Housing

Linear strands of steel are used to encircle the Slick-Lube Liner creating a compressionless ring. This delivers responsive, precise, crisp performance necessary in shift applications.

Shift

LEX-SL
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linear steel strands around a Slick-Lube liner

Sport

Coiled Steel, Lubricated

Brake
Housing

No-nonsense, OE-quality brake housing using high carbon coiled steel wrapped around an inner liner. This coiled steel structure will allow some compression, but the high-quality, high carbon steel used limits the amount.